I just watched "Lady in the Water" on Saturday night, as a rented flick at my girlfriend's house. I had semi-high hopes for the movie, as I was a fan of M. Night Shyamalamadingdong and his work with "The Sixth Sense," "Unbreakable," and "Signs," but I was generally very let down by "The Village."
I want to try to keep this thread and post constructive and intelligent, but I'm sorry, all I can say about "The Lady in The Water" is that it was utter shit. It was most likely the worst movie of 2006 (that I saw). I didn't even know Paul Giamatti was in the film before I watched it, and after seeing it, I'm glad he was. He was the only entertaining part of the movie, and even his character was pretty lousy -- he made the character and his lines interesting. Even the effects were pretty hokey, by today's standards. And I'm getting really sick of that actress who played Story, with whom M. Night is for whatever reason infatuated.
I wanted to like this movie, I really did. I tried. But it was just bad. Am I the only one who sadly thinks M. Night peaked at Signs (or even earlier) and should just hang it up? His stuff always had this somewhat "film school" feel to it, but it's only gotten worse lately. Poor M. Night.